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Kimmel responds to backlash over Mullin plumber dig
Kimmel Responds To Backlash Over Mullin Plumber Dig
Late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel defended his jabs at newly-sworn-in Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, saying that his intent had not been to insult plumbers, only to say that he didn’t believe Mullin was qualified to hold his current post.Kimmel began by blaming President Donald Trump for the backlash he’d received, noting that Trump had complained about him while “The Five” on Fox News earlier that day.“[The president’s] apple polishers are all in a tizzy because I made light of the fact that his new head of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, before he was a senator, was a plumber,” Kimmel said, and then he doubled down. “And now he’s the head of Homeland Security. Which is not necessarily the kind of resume you might hope for, for the person in charge of protecting us from terrorism.”WATCH:Jimmy Kimmel tried to clean up his comments about Markwayne Mullin being a former plumber, but he tried to have it both ways. First he doubled down ignoring Mullin’s management experience with his plumbing company “[Trump’s] apple polishers are all in a tizzy because I made light…...
